The greenbuls are a group of birds within the bulbul family
Pycnonotidae
The bulbuls are members of a family, Pycnonotidae, of medium-sized passerine songbirds, which also includes greenbuls, brownbuls, leafloves, and bristlebills. The family is distributed across most of Africa and into the Middle East, tropical Asi ...
, found only within Africa. They are all largely drab olive-green above, and paler below, with few distinguishing features.
The "aberrant greenbuls" of the genera ''
Bernieria'' and ''
Xanthomixis
''Xanthomixis'' is a genus of birds in the Malagasy warbler family, Bernieridae
The Tetrakas and allies are a newly validated family of songbirds. They were formally named Bernieridae in 2010. The family currently consists of eleven specie ...
'' are actually
Malagasy warbler
The Tetrakas and allies are a newly validated family of songbirds. They were formally named Bernieridae in 2010. The family currently consists of eleven species (in eight genera) of small forest birds. These birds are all endemic to Madagascar. ...
s. To recognize this, they are also called bernieria and tetrakas rather than greenbuls. Likewise, the
golden greenbul is not a typical greenbul, but apparently the representative of a distinct and ancient lineage of bulbuls, which might include the
black-collared bulbul
The black-collared bulbul (''Neolestes torquatus''), or black-collared greenbul, is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is monotypic within the genus ''Neolestes''. For many years, some authorities considered the genus t ...
.
A few species within some of the genera in this group are called
brownbuls or
leaflove Leaflove may refer to:
* Red-tailed leaflove, also known as African leaflove, common leaflove, leaflove and plain leaflove, a species of bird found in western and central Africa
** Uela leaflove and Gabon leaflove, subspecies
* Simple leaflove, a ...
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* Genus ''
Phyllastrephus
''Phyllastrephus'' is a songbird genus in the bulbul family Pycnonotidae. Most of the species in the genus are typical greenbuls, though two are brownbuls, and one is a leaflove.
Taxonomy and systematics
The genus ''Phyllastrephus'' was intr ...
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Grey-olive greenbul
The grey-olive greenbul (''Phyllastrephus cerviniventris''), or grey-olive bulbul, is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is found in eastern and south-central Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical d ...
(''Phyllastrephus cerviniventris'')
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Pale-olive greenbul
The pale-olive greenbul (''Phyllastrephus fulviventris''), or pale-olive bulbul, is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae.
Distribution and habitat
It is found in western Angola, Gabon, southern Congo and extreme western Demo ...
(''Phyllastrephus fulviventris'')
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Baumann's olive greenbul (''Phyllastrephus baumanni'')
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Toro olive greenbul
The Toro olive greenbul (''Phyllastrephus hypochloris'') is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae.
It is found in southern South Sudan and from eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo through Uganda to western Kenya and north ...
(''Phyllastrephus hypochloris'')
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Sassi's olive greenbul (''Phyllastrephus lorenzi'')
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Fischer's greenbul
Fischer's greenbul (''Phyllastrephus fischeri'') is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae.
It is found in eastern Africa from southern Somalia to north-eastern Mozambique.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry f ...
(''Phyllastrephus fischeri'')
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Cabanis's greenbul
Cabanis's greenbul (''Phyllastrephus cabanisi''), also known as Cabanis's bulbul, is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is found in east-central and south-central Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical ...
(''Phyllastrephus cabanisi'')
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Placid greenbul
The placid greenbul (''Phyllastrephus placidus'') is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is found in eastern Africa from eastern Kenya through Tanzania to north-eastern Zambia, Malawi and north-western Mozambique. In the ...
(''Phyllastrephus placidus'')
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Cameroon olive greenbul
The Cameroon olive greenbul (''Phyllastrephus poensis''), is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae.
It is found in the Cameroon line (including Bioko). Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forest
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(''Phyllastrephus poensis'')
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Icterine greenbul
The icterine greenbul (''Phyllastrephus icterinus'') is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is found in western and central Africa.
Taxonomy and systematics
The icterine greenbul was originally described in the genus '' ...
(''Phyllastrephus icterinus'')
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Xavier's greenbul (''Phyllastrephus xavieri'')
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White-throated greenbul (''Phyllastrephus albigularis'')
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Yellow-streaked greenbul
The yellow-streaked greenbul or yellow-streaked bulbul (''Phyllastrephus flavostriatus'') is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is found in eastern and south-eastern Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or trop ...
(''Phyllastrephus flavostriatus'')
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Sharpe's greenbul (''Phyllastrephus alfredi'')
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Grey-headed greenbul (''Phyllastrephus poliocephalus'')
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Lowland tiny greenbul
The lowland tiny greenbul (''Phyllastrephus debilis''), is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae.
It is found in eastern Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropica ...
(''Phyllastrephus debilis'')
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Montane tiny greenbul (''Phyllastrephus albigula'')
* Genus ''
Arizelocichla
''Arizelocichla'' is a genus of greenbuls, songbirds in the bulbul family (Pycnonotidae). The genus was revived in 2010 when twelve species of bulbuls from the genus '' Andropadus'' were separated and re-classified in the genus ''Arizelocichla'' ...
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Shelley's greenbul
Shelley's greenbul (''Arizelocichla masukuensis'') or Shelley's bulbul, is a species of the bulbul family of passerine birds. It is found in east-central Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tr ...
(''Arizelocichla masukuensis'')
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Kakamega greenbul (''Arizelocichla kakamegae'')
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Cameroon greenbul (''Arizelocichla montana'')
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Western greenbul (''Arizelocichla tephrolaema'')
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Olive-breasted greenbul (''Arizelocichla kikuyuensis'')
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Mountain greenbul (''Arizelocichla nigriceps'')
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Uluguru greenbul (''Arizelocichla neumanni'')
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Black-browed greenbul (''Arizelocichla fusciceps'')
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Yellow-throated greenbul
The yellow-throated greenbul (''Arizelocichla chlorigula'') is a species of the bulbul family of passerine birds. It is an African species found in east-central and southern Tanzania.
Taxonomy and systematics
The yellow-throated greenbul was ori ...
(''Arizelocichla chlorigula'')
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Stripe-cheeked greenbul (''Arizelocichla milanjensis'')
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Olive-headed greenbul (''Arizelocichla olivaceiceps'')
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Stripe-faced greenbul (''Arizelocichla striifacies'')
* Genus ''
Eurillas
''Eurillas'' is a genus of greenbuls, passerine birds in the bulbul family Pycnonotidae.
Taxonomy
The genus ''Eurillas'' was introduced in 1899 by the American ornithologist Harry C. Oberholser with the little greenbul as the type species. The g ...
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Little greenbul
The little greenbul (''Eurillas virens'') is a species of the bulbul family of passerine birds. It is found in many parts of sub-Saharan Africa.
Taxonomy and systematics
The little greenbul was originally described in the genus '' Andropadus'' ...
(''Eurillas virens'')
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Little grey greenbul
The little grey greenbul (''Eurillas gracilis'') is a species of the bulbul family of passerine birds.
It is widely distributed across the African tropical rainforest.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and ...
(''Eurillas gracilis'')
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Ansorge's greenbul
Ansorge's greenbul (''Eurillas ansorgei'') or Ansorge's bulbul, is a species of the bulbul family of passerine birds.
It is found in western and central Africa.
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
Taxonomy and ...
(''Eurillas ansorgei'')
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Plain greenbul
The plain greenbul (''Eurillas curvirostris'') is a species of the bulbul family of passerine birds.
It is found in western and central Africa.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland ...
(''Eurillas curvirostris'')
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Yellow-whiskered greenbul
The yellow-whiskered greenbul or yellow-whiskered bulbul (''Eurillas latirostris'') is a species of the bulbul family of passerine birds. It is found in western and central Africa.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, ...
(''Eurillas latirostris'')
* Genus ''
Stelgidillas''
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Slender-billed greenbul
The slender-billed greenbul (''Stelgidillas gracilirostris'') is a species in the monotypic genus ''Stelgidillas'' of the bulbul family of passerine birds. It is found in western and central Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or trop ...
(''Stelgidillas gracilirostris'')
* Genus ''
Andropadus''
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Sombre greenbul (''Andropadus importunus'')
* Genus ''
Criniger
''Criniger'' is a genus of songbirds in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. The species of ''Criniger'' are found in western and central Africa.
Taxonomy
The genus ''Criniger'' was introduced in 1820 by the Dutch zoologist Coenraad Jacob Temminc ...
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Western bearded greenbul
The western bearded greenbul (''Criniger barbatus'') is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is found in West Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland ...
(''Criniger barbatus'')
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Eastern bearded greenbul
The eastern bearded greenbul (''Criniger chloronotus'') is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is found from south-eastern Nigeria to Central African Republic, north-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo and ex ...
(''Criniger chloronotus'')
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Red-tailed greenbul
The red-tailed greenbul (''Criniger calurus''), also known as the red-tailed bulbul, is a species of songbird in the bulbul
The bulbuls are members of a family, Pycnonotidae, of medium-sized passerine songbirds, which also includes greenbuls, ...
(''Criniger calurus'')
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White-bearded greenbul
The white-bearded greenbul (''Criniger ndussumensis''), is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is found from south-eastern Nigeria and western Cameroon to eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and extreme north-western ...
(''Criniger ndussumensis'')
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Yellow-bearded greenbul
The yellow-bearded greenbul (''Criniger olivaceus'') is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is found in western Africa.
Taxonomy and systematics
Alternatively, the yellow-bearded greenbul has been classified in the genus ...
(''Criniger olivaceus'')
* Genus ''
Thescelocichla
The swamp palm bulbul (''Thescelocichla leucopleura''), is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is monotypic within the genus ''Thescelocichla''.
Taxonomy and systematics
The swamp palm bulbul was originally described in ...
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Swamp palm bulbul (''Thescelocichla leucopleura'')
* Genus ''
Chlorocichla
''Chlorocichla'' is a genus of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. They are mainly present throughout the African tropical rainforest, excepted the yellow-bellied greenbul, native to the miombo woodlands.
Taxonomy
The genus ''Chloro ...
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Joyful greenbul (''Chlorocichla laetissima'')
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Prigogine's greenbul (''Chlorocichla prigoginei'')
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Yellow-bellied greenbul
The yellow-bellied greenbul (''Chlorocichla flaviventris'') is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is found in eastern, southern and west-central Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, su ...
(''Chlorocichla flaviventris'')
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Falkenstein's greenbul (''Chlorocichla falkensteini'')
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Simple greenbul (''Chlorocichla simplex'')
* Genus ''Ixonotus'' - tentatively placed here
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Spotted greenbul (''Ixonotus guttatus'')
* Genus ''
Baeopogon''
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Honeyguide greenbul
The honeyguide greenbul (''Baeopogon indicator'') is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae.
It is widespread throughout the African tropical rainforest.
Taxonomy and systematics
The honeyguide greenbul was originally describ ...
(''Baeopogon indicator'')
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Sjöstedt's greenbul
Sjöstedt's greenbul (''Baeopogon clamans'') is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is found in western and central Africa.
Taxonomy and systematics
Sjöstedt's greenbul was originally described in the genus ''Xenocichl ...
(''Baeopogon clamans'')
* Genus ''
Calyptocichla
The golden greenbul (''Calyptocichla serinus'') is a member of the bulbul family of passerine birds found in western and central Africa. It is the only member of the genus ''Calyptocichla''.
Taxonomy and systematics
The golden greenbul was ori ...
-'' not a typical bulbul
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Golden greenbul (''Calyptocichla serinus)''
References
Pycnonotidae
Bird common names
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